Improvement in corn-plow



MILLER & WRIGHT.

. Plow Fender. I N0. 85,118. v Patent edDec, 22,1868.

i finder @etmt l (Bite eese SAMUEL J. MILLER AND LUNA. WRIGHT, OF ECONOMY, INDIANA.

LettersPa-tcnt No. 85,118, dated December 22, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that we, SAMUEL J. Mrnnnn and LUNA WRIGHT, of Economy, WVayne county, Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn-Flows;

and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, making apart of this specification.

, The nature ofour invention consists in providing corn-plows, or other cultivators, with a fender, that runs between the shovel of a plow or cultivator and the row of .corn, for the purposejof preventing the corn, when small, from being covered. with clods. The tender is also a valuable adjunct to the plow'when used for the purpose of covering corn, in which case the-loose soil only is thrown on the corn.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe the same, with reference tothe drawings.

The fender is composed oif a series of radial arms, a a, 820., fixed in a centre or hub, O, to which latter the end of rod 1), the latter having a short horizontal section for that purpose, serves as anaxle.

Rod I) is pivoted to the plow-beam, at -r, and extends through a slotted standard, t.-

d is alever, having it fulcrum on a bolt, at e, and having'one end provided with an eye or loop, through which rod 1) passes.

pies a position in proximity to the plow-handle; the object of lever d being to raise the fender from the ground, and over any obstruction. It is thus con- The other end of lever (1 occuveniently done by depressingthe upper end of said lever, the standard 13 serving to hold rod bin position laterally, and at the same time admit of its necessary vertical motion. n

The standard tis secured on a horizontal slotted bar, 13. of the plow-beam, by means of a bolt, the head of which holds the bar, the bolt is secured in the beam bya nut on top, and may thus be loosened, and the bar 2 slipped either way, across the beam, for the purpose of adjusting the fender to or from the plow, to suit the distance of the latter from the corn-row, as

may be requiredby the size of the coin.

In the operation of the plow, thefender rotates, with the ends of the arms successively in contact with the ground, by reason of which but little additional power is required for propelling the fender, it being light in construction, and the ends of the arms only coming in contact with the ground, no accumulation of' soil can adhere to it, to increase its weight.

Having thus fully described our said invention,

' What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The fender, with the rod 1), lever d, slotted hard, and slotted standard t, in combination .with a corn-plow, substantially as set forth.

' SAMUEL J MILLER.

LUNA \VRIGHT. Witnesses:

Josnrn: RIDGE, ARTEMAS Ronnn'rs.

The latter being secured 'to' the under side 

